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YouTube Unveils Paid Subscription Channels
Google Inc.’s YouTube video service on Thursday unveiled its long-awaited paid-subscription channels, which allow some video creators to charge viewers a monthly fee to watch certain content.YouTube’s Magic Number
The video giant is handing out pass/fail grades for its new “channels.” Here’s the most important metric to watch.News Byte
New Boxee TV Will Be Sold at Walmart
Boxee’s newest device, a $99 hybrid basic-cable-plus-Web-apps box that comes with a cloud DVR service, will be sold in 3,000 U.S. Walmart stores this holiday season, according to Bloomberg Businessweek. The Walmart distribution could bring some needed visibility to start-up Boxee, which sold 120,000 devices last year, and has struggled to compete with Roku and Apple TV.Boxee Looks to Reinvent Itself with Cloud-Based DVR Box
The start-up company is putting all of its eggs into one Boxee basket.Voices
YouTube to Double Down on Its “Channel” Experiment
For Google Inc.’s YouTube it was a $150 million experiment: Seed dozens of new video “channels” on its Web service and see what works. So far, Google likes what it sees from the eight-month effort.YouTube’s Gigantic Year Is Already Here, Citi Says
The video site could do more than $3.6 billion this year, says Mark Mahaney — regardless of whether its “channel” strategy works.Voices